Sentences with phrase «harassment policies in place»

First and foremost, all law firms (and all workplaces) should have harassment policies in place.

The Court also noted that the effects of the direct supervisor's conduct had a heightened impact on the plaintiff because, among other reasons, there were no sexual harassment policies in place or other mechanisms to address the conduct.

Having equal opportunities and harassment policies in place will help, as will appropriate training on what employees should and should not do.

The legislation requires bidders on state contracts to have workplace sexual harassment policies in place and to conduct annual training sessions for employees.

Although 90 percent of companies have a sexual harassment policy in place, more than 1 in 5 still don't offer training to prevent such incidents, according to a report from XpertHR, a human resources consulting firm.

The Utah Film Commission, which provides networking and tax incentives to an industry that spent $ 66 million in the state in the last fiscal year, recently instituted a policy that mandates any film production using the commission's resources must have a workplace - harassment policy in place.

Not exact matches

CNBC's North American CFO survey reveals sexual harassment policies for most major corps are already in place to avoid a #MeToo backlash.

Hotels» liability can depend on whether they're sufficiently aggressive in responding to allegations from employees and on the policies they have in place to prevent harassment in the first place, said civil rights attorney Debra Katz, a partner at Katz, Marshall & Banks who represents employees in harassment cases.

GFI has policies in place to protect staff from harassment and discrimination, which they train all employees on.92 We have spoken confidentially with two non-leadership staff members and performed some additional due diligence searches, and are not aware of any reports of harassment or discrimination at GFI.93

This legislation would: create a uniform policy for all branches of state and local government and establish a dedicated unit to receive and investigate sexual harassment claims, ensure individual liability to promote greater accountability, prohibit confidentiality agreements unless the victim requests that his or her identity be kept private, and put in place necessary safeguards to allow government to recoup monies to rightly protect hardworking taxpayers from being on the hook for individual acts of sexual harassment.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers on Friday reached a final agreement that signs off on $ 168.3 billion in state spending for the coming fiscal year in an agreement that includes disparate issues such as reforming the state's sexual harassment policies to placing a fee on ride hailing vehicles and yellow cabs in Manhattan to help fund mass transit.

«I hope the university is using this opportunity to re-evaluate it's process and policies so that vulnerable students have better protections in place to guard against sexual harassment from faculty moving forward.»

District spokesman Kevin Morrison said the district has policies in place to handle harassment and that they take these situations seriously, although he hesitated to link the alleged harassment to the presidential election.

The school district also has a policy in place that prohibits both bullying and harassment, whether written or verbal.

Although typically brought up in discussions about unequal opportunities in women's athletics, the law also requires that schools have a Title IX coordinator to handle complaints and address concerns if related issues arise, and that they have policies in place to combat sexual harassment as well as discrimination against pregnant students.

-- Conduct annual training with managers and supervisors on addressing allegations of workplace harassment and how to apply appropriate policies in place.

Most fundamentally, the law now specifically recognizes sexual harassment as a form of workplace harassment that employers must have policies in place to respond to.

In addition to these changes, the government has the ability to prescribe additional specific requirements for the policies and procedures that employers must have in place to address workplace harassment, so new regulations may be coming in future if it's determined that employers need additional guidance to ensure effective policies are put in placIn addition to these changes, the government has the ability to prescribe additional specific requirements for the policies and procedures that employers must have in place to address workplace harassment, so new regulations may be coming in future if it's determined that employers need additional guidance to ensure effective policies are put in placin place to address workplace harassment, so new regulations may be coming in future if it's determined that employers need additional guidance to ensure effective policies are put in placin future if it's determined that employers need additional guidance to ensure effective policies are put in placin place.

To help our clients prevent as much as possible later disagreements that may degenerate in business impacting issues, we assist on individual matters that arise at various stages of employment, including customized assistance for executive employment agreements, staff training, workplace policies, executing, amending, suspending, and terminating employment contracts, discrimination and harassment claims at the work place, disciplinary proceedings.

Most survey respondents reported that although their workplaces have sexual harassment and violence prevention policies in place, they did not receive training on these policies.

This includes ensuring that there are robust policies and processes in place to create a safe and supportive environment for employees to report harassment and abuse, including multiple and anonymous channels for reporting.

Now courts could go beyond the usual remedies of only being able to award money for compensation of sexual harassment or sexual violence and impose the broader remedies available under the Code such as forcing the employer to apologize, to ensure that offending employees stop their behaviours, to conduct anti-harassment and anti-discrimination training and to put in place the anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies.

While the Act obligates employers to have a policy that enables workers to bring complaints forward, and the Board has the authority under section 50 to protect individuals who invoke that procedural right, the Board does not have any general authority to remedy the underlying workplace harassment that gave rise to the complaint in the first place.

The employer did not have a formal policy in place for dealing with sexual harassment.

If you are an employer, whether large or small, you should have policy in place to prevent and address employee complaints about sexual harassment at your workplace.

Bill 132 does more than just address how to rectify a situation after sexual harassment takes place; it goes as far as mandates on employers to have policy in place to prevent sexual harassment from happening in the first place.

In Ontario, Occupation Health and Safety legislation requires that employers have both workplace harassment as well as workplace violence policies in place, as well as programs to implement those policieIn Ontario, Occupation Health and Safety legislation requires that employers have both workplace harassment as well as workplace violence policies in place, as well as programs to implement those policiein place, as well as programs to implement those policies.

Publishing the policy and talking about it is one the best deterrents to harassment or assault happening in the first place.

The following policy, procedures and support documents provide guidance to schools to ensure they have processes and policies in place to address bullying, harassment, violence and to respond to complex and challenging behaviour.